How could you ban political speech without some kind of Act under the guise of keeping Kids Safe Online?

And Krasnov has obligations to fulfill.

DOGE only found like $150b in “savings”. And chances are that it’ll be a net negative because of cuts to the IRS that would’ve caught more tax cheats.

I think at most of the disdain comes from the business side. Sure I can opt out of AI at home but at work I’m constantly getting asked how AI has helped my productivity and potentially “graded” on how much or how effectively I use it. Business doesn’t care about your personal fulfillment, just your productivity, and if they grind you into dust to w acchere you no longer find any joy or motivation in your work they’ll get the next college graduate that’s already used AI for 80% of their assignments and wonder why quality has tanked, integrations are failing, security breaches are up, and energy costs have doubled.

A coworker that regularly uses AI code assistants asked me to review 78 brand new files he made. That really puts my back against the wall. Do I spend a day going through everything “the old way”? Do I ask AI to summarize each function to bridge the gap in knowledge? Do I ask it, file by file, if it sees any issues? Or do I just rubber stamp it because I should the million-dollar product my boss thinks I should use more than Google or official docs?

It’s still really sad they probably didn’t have enough time to regret their life choices 😥

It probably makes too much sense to say anyone that applies gets it and if your next tax return shows you didn’t actually need it then you have to pay it back.

They’re in it for the long-haul. If they roll over now they’ll absolutely get crushed. Letting people and organizations get away with defiance, even for a moment, is weakness and authoritarians can’t ever appear weak.

The ADF doesn’t give up so easily.

You could do so much more good with that gun.

As of a lonely 19yo couldn’t have easily succumbed to the same fate. Heck, I was at my most depressed at 22.

That “No Tax on Overtime” pitch makes perfect sense now.

They don’t need Trump at all, just someone that lies with every fiber of their being.

If a restaurant is gonna say “20% is the new 18%” I’m not gonna budge. It’s a percentage. Food goes up then so does the tip.

Controlling the Internet this way is brilliant from an authoritarian standpoint. To have a revolution you need motivation and communication. Can’t be motivated to change your government if you’re not informed and you can’t organize in great enough numbers if you can’t communicate. Take note America.

Just some napkin math, if you make $50k a year and reached the $25k threshold you’d get back about $5k in taxes. Not nothing, but they’re also gonna make it harder to get SNAP and Medicaid benefits. If you don’t qualify (i.e. jump through every hoop) for the latter that $5k is gone and then some. People are about to get more stingey with tipping too I imagine.

Civil War 2: Revolution Boogaloo

If you gotta pay a 3rd party to keep it on, why couldn’t another 3rd party pay to turn it off?

Whoops we bombed Chicago, Los Angeles, and Seattle! 😗🎶

DOPE (Dept of Persecuting Everyone)?

I think it’s time to bring “Gay” the musical to life.